ENTERTAINMENTS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 166, 13 January 1914, Page 8

ENTERTAINMENTS.

EMPIRE PICTL'RE PALACE. To-night will bo tbc/lust occasion Uut screamingly funny comic film, "The Itiot," will be ou view. The -tiiiM star drama, '\From Circus to Racceonr.-e," will also be shown for the last time tonight. To-morrow the management will screen the world's biggest film production, "Les Miserable*," 12,000 ft in length, and the most popular picture, ever screened in Australasia. Both series of "Los MUeralles" will be shown at the. one screening. As .the unfolding of the massive, picture, will take about two and a-half hours, «nJ therefore occupy the, whole of evening, the overture will be played at 7.55, and the screening" of the line" film will begin punctually at eight o'clock. Some time buck a plebiscite in connection with a competition was taken in England to decide what was the most popular book ■of the day, and the vole was in favor of Victor Hugo's masterpiece, 'Los Miserables." If a, similar vote were taken in Xew Zealand as to the popular picture shown here, this great film would stand an excellent chance of securing a repetition of th« English verdict. Special attention is being paid lo 'the incidental music, which it is said, will be of a high order, and particularlv [appropriate. Seats for anv nifht of the season may be reserved at Collier's. Prices of admission will hf. Dress circle and slab. Is. front stalls Od. During tin- season this film is showing the ad" mission to stalls will be Is for cilher | ladies or gentlemen.

THEATRE ROYAL The Royal Pictures should be well patronised this eveniuv. when the. usual change of programme of motion pictures will he presented. The Vitagvaph Company's "star" drama, ''The Tiger Lily," provides (he "feature." A woman 1 imagines that her husband cares more 'tor his work as a. ballet teacher than for her. and leaves him to become an adventuress. Ten years later she causes a_ sensation at a masked ball with a real tiger, dressed in a costume represent in" » "figer Lly." H,.,. husband anil daughter, unknown to her, occupy the next villa. One of the adventuress's admirer, talis in ove with the daughter, which arouses the mother's jealousy l',"i w "'"Vr UflC ''' to kU] h( ' v «>wn daughter, still unrecognised by her. During a severe storm the husband's yilh, is struck by lightning, and the "house- is soon on fire. The tiger dashes i„ to kill the girl, with the mother following closely, flu latter recognise, her hj„," blind and falls scuselcs, on the floor. Ihe tiger ls dispatched by one of the .''«•>' Ll.vs' iealmw lovers. a„,l the am and lie,, fallu-r are rescued from the flames by the daughter's heroic, admirer Ihe scenes are vividlv realistic, and (he act.,m, „ well up to the high standard o; me \itagranh Company. A film of a highly educational order and brimful of interest is ,hat i.orlravin, the mannfac tire of the wor.d famous Osram lamp at the words ol the Cenoral Electric Co M«laud. The subject gives a„ id tt; , of emamiitude of operations involved in pro He,,,* these 1,,,,,,,,. « For T One ,s a realistic story of a racin-v motorist. It introduces several scenes at a great automobile race "Th,. r„i Ja,,,ofpu.bousF,owe,,''a„d"na,u,!ont i.iapluc Are also entertaining items.